THE HURON EMERY | ISSUE 4: FEBRUARY 2 | NEWS
Huron Players: Beyond a theater group, a second family their latest show, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This means she controls the spotlights and ambient If you have set foot lighting of the show. in any classroom at Huron, For their first show you have probably seen the of the year, The Crucible, Huron Players (H.P.) posters. she was the Assistant H.P holds a few shows each Stage Manager, so she was year, but sophomore Liliana responsible for getting actors Franzese doesn’t consider it a ready on the stage. daunting commitment. “I’d never touched an “I think a lot of people electric drill before being in the don’t know how flexible H.P. shop at H.P. or learned how to is,” she said. “As long as you’re program light cues or work a not an actor, there really is spotlight,” Franzese said. “As no strict someone schedule who wants for when to become you have an engineer, to come things like in.” this are invaluable T h e r e to me.” are mass I n meetings addition e v e r y to the Monday, but learning opaside from LILIANA FRANZESE, 10 portunities, that, the members members of the of Huron Players who are club form a tight-knit and “techies” don’t need to spend welcoming community. hours to be part of the show. “Huron Players means Doing tech means helping out a lot to me,” Franzese said. “If with set design, lighting, sound, it didn’t, I don’t think I would costumes and props. spend as much time as I do “You don’t have to down in that make-up room. know how to do any of it to The community we have built join,” Franzese said. “We have is unlike anything I’ve ever so many great members who been a part of before.” are more than willing to teach Of the 50 members you how to sew or use power in the club, many are tools or set up mics.” graduating this spring. Franzese is on the “I feel as though club’s board as head of many incoming freshmen and fundraising. She was also sophomores are afraid to join the co-crewhead of lights for
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The community we have built is unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of before.”
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a theater group out of lack of experience,” Franzese said. “But coming from a fellow underclassman, you have nothing to worry about. As for acting, you also don’t need any prior experience: anybody can audition. There’s no reason to be nervous about auditioning either. H.P. is a judgmentfree zone, and Ms. F, our director, is among the nicest teachers I’ve ever met.” Huron Players is directed and advised by English teacher Claire Federhofer, or “Ms. F,” and is always welcoming new members. “It’s a place where you can be yourself without being judged,” Franzese said. “A place where you can collaborate with great people that you may not have had the chance to meet otherwise. Huron Players really is like a second family to me.” Sophomore Marisa Randall, a costume designer for H.P had this to say when asked about the future of the club. “The next show we are going to do is murder mystery!” Randall said. “We are so excited to get working on this next show and perform yet again a successful show.”
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Top: Waltz scene of the Huron Players’ latest production, Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Middle: Between the curtains, actors prepare for the next scene. Bottom: Behindthe-scenes crew during a dress rehearsal. COURTESY OF SANDRA FU AND EVIE SIKKENGA
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Huron Ethics Bowl team wins regional championship LYDIA HARGETT ANITA GAENKO NEWS EDITORS Last weekend, the Huron Ethics Bowl team competed in the virtual Regional Ethics Bowl championship run by the University of Michigan. In each round, a case is chosen from a predetermined list of 16 cases that explores ethical concepts. The two teams discuss the case and are scored on both their depth of thought and their responses to the other team and the judges. “Ethics Bowl is like the missing link between the kinds of academic studies we do and real world problems that demand solutions,” said Kathryn Jones, Huron social
The winning Huron Ethics Bowl team, from left: Zachary Lin, Eric Heng, Jessie Tai, Mariam Nassuna, Anita Gaenko and Kai Farjo. COURTESY OF ETHICS BOWL studies teacher and advisor of the club. “I like it because it teaches us, me included, to think deeply about matters that really do matter and problems that need to be solved, personally and on a societal level.” Huron had two teams compete, each with at least eight members. Kai Farjo, Jessie Tai, Eric Heng, Leo Kupperman, Anita Gaenko, Rachel Kim, Zachary Lin and Mariam Nassuna were on the first team. Anna Alexandrov, William Epps, Samuel Fleming, Sarah Kim, Teyin Kim, Eilene (KJ) Koo, Brandon Lin, Mari Park and Audrey Wu were on
the second team. Both teams advanced to the quarter finals, matching against each other. Huron’s first team continued on to the semifinals and competed in a close round against Avondale High School in the finals. Huron won the regional championship, while Huron’s second team placed in the top eight. Huron’s first team will compete in one more virtual round against the Tennessee state champions. The winning team will advance to an anticipated in-person national tournament in North Carolina in April.
